14-year-old Texas boy arrested for bringing homemade clock

[rogue06]

While I remember vacuum tubes, my Dad never took a bunch out of a TV that I recall.

My dad had a masters degree in electronics but worked in sales yet loved to fix TVs. We always had one or two sitting in the garage that he would be working on. Either one of ours (we had a TV in nearly every room of the house due to him winning them in sales contests), a neighbor's or one of his co-workers. And it was usually about one to three tubes that we took up for testing.

[Jedidiah]

. . .And it was usually about one to three tubes that we took up for testing.

Ah yes I recall taking tubes from malfunctioning TVs in to check.

[Teallaura]

My dad had a masters degree in electronics but worked in sales yet loved to fix TVs. We always had one or two sitting in the garage that he would be working on. Either one of ours (we had a TV in nearly every room of the house due to him winning them in sales contests), a neighbor's or one of his co-workers. And it was usually about one to three tubes that we took up for testing.

Daddy certainly knew how to change vacuum tubes but I can't recall him ever doing it for a TV. At least, not one of the ones we used.

[rogue06]

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[Teallaura]

[klaus54]

Depends on the application that you're using them in. Vacuum tubes are still used today in a few applications due to various reasons (in the civilian world, they are used in radio transmitters and the military still uses them in some applications because they are less susceptible to inference from solar flares and EMP's). I also think they were still in use, in TV sets, up until the late 70's because I do remember my dad and my grandparents talking about how you used to have to replace tubes in TV sets and how you could buy replacement's at the store. I don't remember having to do this myself (most TV's had been replaced using ones without tubes, by the time I could remember anything).

I believe MiG fighters still use vacuum tubes.

The advantage is making repairs to the electrical systems much easier.

[rogue06]

I believe MiG fighters still use vacuum tubes.

The advantage is making repairs to the electrical systems much easier.

They're also not as vulnerable to an EMP attack.

[Mountain Man]

Now the parents are claiming that Ahmed has been "severely traumatized" by the ordeal. Sounds like they're ramping up for a lawsuit.

Just look how traumatized he is, the poor thing.

[Cow Poke]

Now the parents are claiming that Ahmed has been "severely traumatized" by the ordeal. Sounds like they're ramping up for a lawsuit.

Just look how traumatized he is, the poor thing.

Yeah, at one point, his father was claiming that Ahmed was "tortured".

[Adrift]

[Cow Poke]

He "built" CPU's, and "soldering them"?

OK, first of all, the CPU is the Central Processing Unit - the main chip on the motherboard - it doesn't need soldering at all.
Secondly, being generous, and assuming that he is using the often used misapplication of the term "CPU" to mean "the desktop box or computer thingie" - there's no soldering required there, either.

Hard to tell from that one clip in what context this is being addressed.

[Kristian Joensen]

Which in NO way indicates he was trying to scare a bunch of people. I think, as I have said numerous times, he was just doing it for attention.

Weren't you the one complaining about false accusastions earlier? Why is it okay to make a false accusastion against a 14 year old kid?

[Cow Poke]

Which in NO way indicates he was trying to scare a bunch of people. I think, as I have said numerous times, he was just doing it for attention.

Weren't you the one complaining about false accusastions earlier? Why is it okay to make a false accusastion against a 14 year old kid?

Why the hostility? I express my opinion (in the post you quoted) including "I think....".... which should indicate it's an opinion, not an accusation.

Did I do something to you?

And what's so magic about "a 14 year old kid"? I don't get that.

[Sparko]

He "built" CPU's, and "soldering them"?

OK, first of all, the CPU is the Central Processing Unit - the main chip on the motherboard - it doesn't need soldering at all.
Secondly, being generous, and assuming that he is using the often used misapplication of the term "CPU" to mean "the desktop box or computer thingie" - there's no soldering required there, either.

Hard to tell from that one clip in what context this is being addressed.

yeah that.

Computers are basically plug in components on a ready made mother board. CPU's are designed by a team of engineers and etched on silicon wafers using automated systems and then robots attach the chips to the leads of the chip. Much too small and complicated for a hobbyist.

[Cow Poke]

yeah that.

Computers are basically plug in components on a ready made mother board. CPU's are designed by a team of engineers and etched on silicon wafers using automated systems and then robots attach the chips to the leads of the chip. Much too small and complicated for a hobbyist.

And (human) soldering would destroy them.